Bigcraft Cemetery
by John Cardiff, posted 4 Nov 2000
A Norfolk Historical
Society volunteer at the Eva Brook Museum in Simcoe told me yesterday (3
Nov 2000) of a
recent genealogical discovery. Apparently workers bulldozing berry
brush southeast of Glenshee on Lot 2, Concession 8 in Charlotteville
Township uncovered a small forgotten family cemetery enclosed by a wire fence.
The 1877 Illustrated
Atlas of Norfolk County lists Lot 2 as the farm of Nathan Bigcraft.
The following is a
transcription made of those tombstones:
Nathan
Bigcraft
1818 - 1908
Mary Ann
his wife
1819 - 1904 |
Mary
Ann
wife of
James Bigcraft
died 12th May 1882 |
James
Wallace
son of
James & Mary Ann
Bigcraft
died
Aug. 11, 1853
16 yrs. 11 mos.
|
Ann
Eliza
died May 28, 1874
_____ Mary Jane
VANBROCKLIN
died
May 28, 1874 |
|
another
one laying
down not readable |
Family Bible
Comparison
contributed by Robert Mutrie,
posted 17 Dec 2000
Information in
the Bigcraft Family Bible in Norfolk Historical Society Archives
conflicts with some of the tombstone information above.
According to the
Family Bible:
Mary Ann, wife
of Nathan, was born 23 Jun 1818
Mary Ann, wife
of James, died 13 May 1862
James Wallace
Bigcraft, born 3 Sep 1838, died 14 Aug 1855
[Transcriber's Comment: 16 years and 11 months after Sep 1838 is Nov
1855.]
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